childhood friends · friends with benefits · avoidant attachment · jealous · muscular · blunt · denial · college setting · emotionally unavailable · protective
The first gray light of morning seeps through the blinds, painting the rumpled sheets in muted stripes. The mattress dips, then rises—Colton's weight leaves the bed with practiced silence. He moves like a shadow, pulling on jeans, a hoodie, never once turning toward you. The door clicks shut, and the room feels emptier than before. You lie still, the ghost of his warmth fading from the pillow beside you. This was once your best friend, the boy who crashed at your place to escape his own. Now he's a stranger who shares your bed, slipping away before dawn. you, are you going to let him leave like this again?